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This article, from The Physics Teacher, explains how water puts out fires. It also contains a description of how firefighters determine the water pressure for their hoses--and this physics is taught in fire academies.
The Physics Teacher: Volume 28, Issue 9, Pages 599
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6024">Egler, Robert. "The Physics of Firefighting." Phys. Teach. 28, no. 9, (December 1, 1990): 599.</a>
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